Seok-hun is a regular joe who works as a security guard at a bank. But he undergoes a strange transformation when he drinks water from a mountain spring. He’s suddenly able to move objects with his mind alone.

Mr. Min and his men are contracted by a large construction company to carry out a force eviction of shopkeepers in a shopping arcade so that the area can be demolished and redeveloped. Rumi, a young shop owner, is facing the eviction, but she and her fellow ... expand

Seok-hun is a regular joe who works as a security guard at a bank. But he undergoes a strange transformation when he drinks water from a mountain spring. He’s suddenly able to move objects with his mind alone.

Mr. Min and his men are contracted by a large construction company to carry out a force eviction of shopkeepers in a shopping arcade so that the area can be demolished and redeveloped. Rumi, a young shop owner, is facing the eviction, but she and her fellow shopkeepers will not go away without a fight. Their cause takes a new turn when Rumi’s father, Seok-hun, comes along with his newfound superpower. close

Director YEON Sang-ho has announced that he is currently working on a follow-up to his enormously successful 2016 zombie action-drama TRAIN TO BUSAN (2016). Under the working title Peninsula, the sequel is currently being scripted and is aiming for a production start date early in 2019. YEON has stated that the film will follow the events of TRAIN TO BUSAN. In the original, a virus turning people ...

Featuring actors LEE Je-hoon, CHOI Woo-shik, PARK Jung-min and AHN Jae-hong, the youth sci-fi thriller Hunting Time (working title) wrapped filming in Incheon on July 15th. Production took approximately six months and concluded with a large-scale protest scene. The film is the long-awaited sophomore feature of YOON Sung-hyun, who made a massive impression with his debut, the critically acclaimed h...

PARK Jung-min and RYOO Seung-bum are set to team up in the third installment of the hit crime series Tazza, which will be helmed by KWON Oh-kwang and produced by Sidus FNH. The Tazza series was launched with Tazza: The High Rollers by director CHOI Dong-hoon in 2006. Following that film’s massive popularity, KANG Hyeong-chul tackled the sequel Tazza-The Hidden Card in 2014. The previous films were...

This year’s Lunar New Year was not very good for Korean comedy films. According to the February 2018 Report on the Korean Film Industry by the Korean Film Council (KOFIC, Chairman OH Seok Geun), moviegoers watching foreign films such as Black Panther and Coco accounted for 55.1% while those watching Korean films such as Detective K: Secret of the Living Dead comprised 44.9%. Marvel’s Black Panther...

The Korean box office ended on a bang last year when December delivered by far the best results for Korean and overall sales for the month since records began. Some of that momentum carried through into the early weeks of 2018, but the first quarter of the year has been one of highs and lows, as a strong January was followed by a disappointing Lunar New Year holiday season in February, while March...

Box Office Report of 2017 The Korean film market reached new all-time benchmarks for income and admissions in 2017 after a strong December rally. Yet the real story behind the numbers was which unexpected films got audiences the most excited while several seemingly surefire hits stumbled out of the gate.With 219.87 million tickets sold when all was said and done, 2017 saw the Korean exhibition mar...

Weekend sales took a 15% dip as a major new release fell short of expectations, bringing admissions down to 1.96 million admissions. Despite a slow start for a local tentpole, the Korean market share remained healthy at 57%, though there was little in the way of foreign competition. Local superhero film Psychokinesis, YEON Sang-ho’s follow-up to his global smash Train to Busan (2016), faded quickl...